Workman&#39;s time-recorder.



No. 853,878. I PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. G. T. HAWLEY.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21.1906.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21.1906.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1906.

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.No. 853.878. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. 0. T. HAWLBY. WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1906.

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C. T. HAWLEY. WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. HAWLEY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSACHU- SETTS, A CORPORATION OF l\lASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

Patented May 14, 1907.

To aZl whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. HAWLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Gardner, county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Workmens T ime-Recorders, of which the following description, in conneotion with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to apparatus for recording on a suitable card or other check the time when a workman enters or leaves his place of employment, each employee having his individual card, which in practice is conveniently used for one week, the records on the card determining the compensation due the workman for a given period.

Should the employee leave his work for a longer or shorter period between the regular hours for beginning and stopping. work such absences must be recorded on the card of that employee, in order that suitable deductions may be made for lost time.

In the present embodiment of my invention. I have so constructed and arranged the apparatus that time records for each day will be made in vertical columns on the card,

the colums being arranged in parallelism in the sequence of the days ofthe Week. Herein I have shown a time recording apparatus of the type wherein the Workman, by a selective movement, sets the apparatus in readiness to stamp or mark the proper In or Out record on the card. The position of the card in the card receiver or guide is determined by such selective movement, and the relative position of the card and the stamping instrumentality is thereby fixed in one direction. Such relative position of course varies for different times during the day, the several records falling under each other in the column for that day, and I have provided novel means whereby the relative position of the card and stamping instrumentality, laterally, is so governed that no records for one day can be superposed upon those for another day. This relative lateral positioning of the time stamp and the card is governed by pcriodicallychanging means, and rendered operative by the employee who first operates the apparatus after such a periodic change, so that during that period,

for convenience twenty-four hours, there will be no change in the lateral positioning y of the time stamp. Herein the card receiver or guide is fixed and the time stamp is movable relatively thereto, and at the end of each period the stamp is returned automatically to a neutral or starting position, in readiness to be positioned properly for the ensuing period by the first operation of the apparatus thereafter as will be made clear hereinafter.

The card is so positioned for the daily time record that the earliestrecord is made at or near the top of the appro riate column, the time of later operations 0 the apparatus being recorded at intervals down the column.

The time recording instrumentality is operated and controlled by or through a suitable time movement or clock, but the detailed mechanism of such instrumentality is not claimed herein, as it forms a part of the subject-matter of another application Serial No. 284,286 filed by me and co-pehding herewith.

The various novel features of my present invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 11 is a front elevation of a workmans time recorder embodying my present invention, inclosed in a protective casing,-

showing the face or dial of the timemovement or clock, and the visual indicator for the daily change; Fig. 2 is a view of one of the individual cards or checks used in connection with my time recorder; Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the mechanism in the lower part of the casing, the front of the latter being broken out below the guide or indicator for the selective and other movements of the manually operated actuator; Fig.4 is a top plan view of such guide or indicator, to be hereinafter referred to; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of the frame of the time movement or clock, showing the driving connection between the latter and the minute marking member of the time stamp, and the cooperating mechanism i'or effecting intermittent advance of the hour marking member of the stamp at predetermined intervals; Fig. 6

is a top plan view of the parts shown inFig. 5,

to illustrate the let-off which controls the advance of the hour marking member: Fig. 7 is an enlarged section taken on the line 7-7,

Fig. 5, showin the spring motor which advances the said hour marking member, such .motor being alternately wound up and rebeing shown in place, together with one of the ink ribbon supporting devices; Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 99, Fig. 8, of

-the visual indicator and the retracting spring; Fig. is a front elevation of the card-positioning stop and the means by which its movement is effected through operation of the manually-operated actuator, said parts being shown in Fig. 3 in the position assumed at the end of each daily period; Fig. 1 1 is a transverse section on the line 1 1 11, Fi 3, showing the parts of the apparatus be ow the section line, and in the position assumed in Fig. 3; Fig. 12 is a left hand side elevation of the hour and minute marking members of the time stamp, and a part of the adjacent mechanism; Fig. 13 is a view of the parts at the left of the line 1313, Fig, 3, but with such parts in a different position, the time-stamp being in its proper position laterally with relation to the card receiver, and with the stamp making an impression and just about to be released automatically from the control of the manual actuating device; Fig. 14 is a detail in side elevation of the mechanism by which the time stamp is couled to and uncoupled from the actuating liandle, taken just after the release or uncoupling which is about to be effected in Fig. 13; Fig. is a similar view of the same mechanism, but in normal position, coupling the time stamp and actuating handle together in readiness to causethe stamp to mark a card when the handle is operated; Fig. 16 is an enlarged'right hand side elevation of the time stamp carriage, with the periodically changing means which governs the lateral position of the carriage, taken just after a change and with the let-off in engagement with the detent, the means for controlling the latter also being shown; Fig. 17 is a partial front elevation and section of the periodically changing means, to show clearly the drum or carrier on which. the series of carriage stops are helically arranged, the connection between said drum and the let-off means, and the manual adjustment thereof; Fig. 18 is an outer face view of the gear shown in Figs. 16 and 17 as co-axial with the drum, the segmental slot iii the gear, and the spring between the latter and the let-off member, to be described, the parts being at the left of the line 18, Fig. 17.

The casing 1, Fig. 1, of suitable size and shape to contain the operative parts .of the apparatus, has in its upper'portion a time movement or clock with exposed dial and hands as usual in such apparatus, the bottom of the casing inclosing'and protecting the mechanism for stamping or recording the time upon a suitable card, an opening at 2 in the casing communicating with the open upper end of the card receiver or guide. \Vings 3 at the sides of the opening direct the card into the receiver, and a sight-opening 4 permits a visual indicator to beseen from the exterior, the indicator showing the day of the week. The lower portion 5 of the casing has a transversely arched top 6, Figs. 1, 3 and' l, provided with an elongated guideway or slot 7, and intersecting the same at right angles are a series of parallel, shorter slots 8, ten of such short transverse slots being shown in. Fig. 4'. These slots serve to guide the secondary movement of the actuating member or handle at selected points in its main path of movement along the-slot 7, said handle being moved by the operator or workman until it is opposite the desired slot of the series 8.

Preferably the series will be properly marked to indicate to the workman which one he should select for a given period in the day, such as Morning in, Noon. out, Noon in, Lost time in, Night out, etc., as shown in Fig. 4, the phrases being abbrevi ated on disks or buttons 9 secured to the easing. The use of such indications will be obvious, but it may be.stated that the Morning in slot is used when a workman desires to stamp his eard'when going. to work, and for lost time, morning or'afternoon, the Lost time in and Lost time out slots will be ulsed, at one or the other side of the Noon s ots.

Overtime is indicated by the two slots at i the extreme right of the series Fig. 4, but it will be manifest that any suitable number, more or less, of indicating or guide slots may be employed, according to the exigencies of a particular case.

The arbor of the minute hand 10 of the time movement has a pinion 11 fast thereon, Figs. 5 and 6, driving a train of gears 12, 13, 14, the latter fast on a shaft 15 provided with a second and larger gear 16 meshing with a pinion 17 on a spindle 18, Fig. 5, the latter being connected by a universal joint with an extension 18 operatively connected with and to drive continuously the minute marking member or wheel of the time stamp, to be again referred to. i

A letofl', shown as a worm 19 of very sharp pitch, is mounted on the shaft 15, Fig. 6, to co-Operatewith a pin 20 on and control the rotation of an arm 21 fast on an upright shaft 22 provided with a pinion 23 meshing with a on the reduced end 29, Fig. 7, of shaft 26 is fixedly mounted the hub of a flanged disk 30 in which is located a coiled motor spring 31, one end of which is secured to the disk at 32, its other end being attached at 33 to the hub of a gear 34 which rotates loosely on the disk hub,said gear meshing with the gear or pinion 14.

When the worm let-off 19 is in engagement with the pin 20 the spindle 25 is thereby held from rotation, and consequently the shaft 26 and s ring-case 30 are maintained stationary, but t 1e gear 34 is being rotated from the arbor of the minute hand, and the motor spring 31 is wound up. Upon release of the pin 20 by the let-off 19 the spring is free to expand, and it rotates the spindle 25, the arm 21 making one complete revolution and again engaging the worm, whereupon the foregoing operation is repeated. The gearing is so proportioned that the let-off releases the spring at hourly intervals, and the hour marking member or wheel of the time stamp is connected with and driven by the extension 25, so that said marking member is advanced at hourly intervals while the minute marking member is driven continuously. The gradually stored up energy in the spring 31 serves to effect a quick advance movement of the hour marking member at each release, so that the change of the hour is made promptly and accurately.

The arrows on Figs. 5 and 6 indicate the direction of rotation of the several gears, shafts and spindles therein shown.

T he record card or check used in the present apparatus is shown in Fig. 2, and preferably it is made of stiff card-hoard having at its upper end a heading for the name ornumber of the employee, and below it the proper abbreviations for the days of the week are printed in a horizontal line across the card.

By means of vertical rulings the card is divided into a series of parallel columns, each corresponding to-a day, and at the left is a column in which are printed indications as to the time of day, such as Morning in, Lost time, Noon out, etc.

The card is divided horizontally by a space in which the Word Afternoon is printed,

and below the horizgontal division indicating Night out a space is left for overtime records above the daily totals for the several columns.

By a comparison of the card in Fig. 2 with the indicator or guide for the employee,

shown in Fig. 4, it will be seen that the indications in the left-hand vertical column of the card corresponds to the indicating slots 8 of Fig. 4.

In using the cards in the present apparatus, the time records of each em loyee for a given day are stamped or printer in the vertical column corres onding to such day, and the relative vertica position of the card and the time stamp is determined at the will of the operator, whenhe makes a record on his card,

while a daily change in the relative position of the card and time stamp is provided for, such daily change being :t11t-OII1&l31Cftll* governed by periodically-changing means, ut the latter are brought into operation by or through the first actuation of the apparatus on a new i Vhen the employee comes to work in the morning, the actuating device or handle of the apparatus to be hereinafter described is movedalong the slot 7, Fig. 4, until opposite the transverse slot 8 indicating Morning in,- this first movement of the actuator or handle being what I term a selective move ment, and when properly positioned, the

handle is pushed ormoved :"nward along the selected slot 8, and this secondary movement operates the time stamp to mark a record on the card. in the vertical column of the proper day and opposite the Morning in space on the card. .Similarly selective movements of the actuator are made when the employee leaves at noon, and returns at one oclock or thereabout, and also when he leaves his work for the day,indicated by"Night out space.

Should the employee-leave his work during the morning or during the afternoon, such absence is Lost time, and the proper records of such lost time are made in the spaces on the card opposite the Lost time {indications printe thereon.

The operating mechanism is mounted on a .1 oo

skeleton frame, comprising a base plate 35,

upright sides 36, 37, rigidly connected with i the base plate, and a bridge 38 rigidly connecting the sides, the latter also being connected at their rear'upper corners by a crossgirth 39, a second cross-rod 40 being secured at its ends to the sides lower down, see Fig. 13, and infront of the rod 40 is a cross-girth 41.

The cross or tie-rods 39, 40 form a fixed track on Whiehmoves transversely the carriage on which the time stamp is mounted. A rod 42 is extended inward from the frame-side 37 to engage a part of the carriage when the latter is retracted, to limit its retracting movement.

The card receiver or guide, in which the card is inserted and held when a time record is made, is shown-as an upright metallic case 43, fixedly secured to the bridge 38, by screw 600, see dotted lines Fig. 3 and at its lower end to the cross-girth 41, the upper end of the receiver registering with the opening 2 in the casing, and the mouth of the receiver is flared at 44, Fig. 13, so that the card may be readily inserted therein, and withdrawn after the record is made.

The front and rear walls of the receiver are provided with a longitudinal or upright opeii ing 45, best shown in Fig. 3, such opening being slightly curved in the direction of its length, and into thisopening projects a stop 46 which is movable up and downand forms the bottom for the receiver, and on which the lower edge of a card rests when inserted in the receiver to receive a record thereon. This stop 46 is made by bending over the upper end of a plate 47 'pivotally connected to parallel links 48,'Figs. '3 and. 10, fulcrumed at their outer ends at points 49, on the frameside 36, the swinging of the links serving to raise or lower the stop, and maintaining the stop 46 horizontal.

A radius bar 50 pivotally connected at its upper end with one of the links is pivoted at its lower end at 51 to a shorter arm 52, fulcrumed at 53 on a plate 54 fast on a short fulcrum shaft 55, mounted to rock in bearings 56, on the base plate of the frame. This plate serves as a rocking support for the actuatinghandle 57, the latte eing pivotally connected at 58 with the support between cars 59 thereon, see Fig. 13, the pivot 58 being at right angles'to the fulcrum 55, so that the handle can be swung in unison with the support 54, about the fulcrum 55 and said handle can also be swiing in a plane at right angles to such movement on its pivot'58.

The upper edge of the support is rovided with a series ofshallow teeth 60, a apted to be engaged oneat a time by the detent 61 mounted on the frame, and normally controlled by a spring 62, the detent acting to hold the support in any given position, when engaging one of the teeth 60, until the said support is positively moved therefrom. Herein the teeth are so arranged that the one at the extreme right-h and end of the support, Fig. 10, is brought into engagement with the detent for the Morning in position of the -actuating handle, the second tooth for Morning out, the third tooth for Noon in and the fourth tooth for Night out,

it being unnecessary to provide teeth for the lost time or overtime intervals which may be called into operation.

If it is desired to throw the detent out of operation altogether, it can be accom lished by a throw-off lever 63, fulcrumed a jacent the pivot of the detent and having a cam-end to bear against the latter, as shown in Figs. 3 and 10. Of course it will be understood that this throw-off device can only be made operative by opening the casing of the ap aratus, suc'h throwoif device being absolute y out of control of the employee.

From the description so far it will be seen that the selective movement of the handle or actuator in its main path of movement will determine the height of the stop 46 with relation to the card receiver, and therefore the greater the selective movement of the handle,

the less will be the effective de th of the card receiver, so that the recor stam ed 01' the advancing edge of the plate or support 54 when the handle is moved to the right, Fig. 3, the spring acting to return the handle to normal or initial position shown in Fig. 3, whenever the detent is rendered inoperative, such release being effected automatically at periodic intervals, as will be hereinafter de scribed.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 10, it will be seen that the pivot 53 of the arm 52, is located at one side of the fulcrum 55, and the radius bar 50 is connected at 51 with the arm 52 at the other side of the fulcrum, and when the support 54 is swung to the right from its position shown in Fig. 3, an adjustable stud 52' on the arm 52 is caused to engage the hub of the support, and as the movement of the support 54 continues, the pivot 53 is lowered, thereby raising the other or free end of said arm 52, and through the radius bar 50 and the links 48 elevating the card stop 46, proportionately to the angularity of movement of the support 54.

A segmental member 65 having an arm 66 is mounted to rock loosely on the fulcrum 55 adjacent the support, the latter having pivoted thereon at 67 a triangularcou )ling member 68, provided with a lateral follower 69, a spring 70 attached at one end to the coupling member, and at its other end to any convenient part of the apparatus, as for instance to the support 54 tending to turn the said member 68 on its pivot when the spring is permitted to act.

The face of the coupling member is adapted either to ride over the curved edge of the segment as in Fig. 10, or to engage the end 71 thereof when the coupling member is positioned as shown in Fig. 3.

If the coupling member is maintained in such latter position, operating movement of the actuating handle will cause the coupling member to couple together the handle support 54 and the segment, so that the latter will rock in unison with said support, elevating the extension 66 for a purpose to be described.

A cam-like controller 72 shown in section Fig. 3, and in dotted lines Fig. 10, is mounted on a bracket 73*, Figs. 11 and 13, on the base plate, in such position that the follower 69 can ride under or above the controller, and when the coupling member is turned as in Fig. 3, the follower will travel beneath the controller and in engagement therewith, when the actuating handle is swung to the right, and as the coupling member then acts against the edge 71' of the segment, the latter will be coupled to the handle, and will be moved therewith until the follower leaves the upper end of the controller 72, wherev i s 1 seams shown in Fig. 10, uncoupling the segment from the handle. I On the return of the latter to its normal or starting position, the follower will, when it reaches the edge 71 of'the segment, either drop down and again position the follower 69 below the controller 72, or if the coupling member is maintained in the relative position shown in Fig. 10, the follower will travel above the top of the controller 72.

An arm 73 loosely mounted to swing on the fulcrum 55 has a peri heral portion 74 of the same curvature as the edge of the segment, and if said arm is moved up against the segment, as in Fig. 10, the return movement of the handle to starting position will carry the controlling member 68 onto the face 74 of the arm 73, preventing any turning movement of the coupling member into coupling position, and so long asthe parts remain in this position, there will be no coupling of the segment 65 vwith'the actuating handle.

A link 75 is pivotally connected at one end to the arm 73, and at its other end to a short lever 76 fulcrumed at 77 on the'frame-side '80 normally acts to maintain the arm 73 an segment in engagement as shown in Fig. 10. When, however, the link 75 is moved against the action of its spring, it separates the arm and segment, as in Fig. 3, and permits the coupling member to turn on its pivot 67 into coupling position, the follower dropping down from the left hand end of the controller 72 into osition underneath it.

As wi be hereinafter described, the move ment of the time stamp carriage to its initial or starting ositipn at the end of each day moves the ink 75.against its spring 80 to separate the arm 73 and the segment, and permit the coupling member to assume its coupling position. A stop 81 on the coupling member is adapted to rest upon the top of the controller 72, when the coupling member is turned into coupling position. The arm 73 is therefore a positioning device for the coupling member permitting movement of said member into coupling position when the positioning device and the segment are separated, and preventing movement of the coup ling member into coupling position when the spring 80 is free to act to hold the segment and positioning device in co-operation.

T he fixed controller and the movable positioning device therefore co-operate in a manner to govern the action of the coupling member.

As will be hereinafter described, upon the first operative movement of the actuating handle on any given day, the carriage is set automatically with relation to the card-receiver for that particular day, and such positioning of the carriage permits the spring 80 to, act upon the positioning device 73, to move it into co-operative relation with the segment, instantly upon the uncouplin of the latter from the actuating handle, so t at the segment and positioning device throu hout the rest of that day maintain the relative position shown in Fig. 10.-

The relative positions of the handle-sup: port 54, the segment and the positioning device 73, on the fulcrum shaft 55, are clearly shown in Figs. 11 and 13, the end of the positioning device being bent or offset laterally to lie in the path of the segment, and it will be noted that-the extension or prolongation 66 of the segment is also bent laterally to bring it in proper position with rela tion to a sheave 82 fast on a horizontal shaft 83 mounted in bearings on the frame side 36, a flexible connection 84 being attached at its ends respectively to the extension and to the sheave.

A larger sheave 85 fast on said shaft 83 has attached to it one end of a flexible connection 1 86, the other end of which is attached to a slide-block or traveler 87 mounted to slide transversely on a guideway 88 secured to or forming part of the cross-girth 41, said traveler having a projecting lug 89 for a purpose to be described.

The connections 84 and 86 are oppositely wound around their respective sheaves, and

in such manner that when the segment is swung by movement of the actuating handle 57, as hereinbefore described, the shaft 83 will be rotated in the direction of arrow 90, Fig. 3, and thereby partly wind up the connection 86 on its sheave to draw the traveler 87 to the left, viewing Figs. 3 and 11. This movementof the traveler consequently is effected upon the first operative movement of the actuator or handle of the apparatus on any given day, and such traveler movement serves to segment 65 is released or uncoupled from the actuating handle, the spring 93 expands and returns the traveler to its normal position, and at the same time, the shaft 83 is turned oppositely to the arrow 90, retracting the segment to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to Figs. 11 and 13, an abutment 94 is shown as mounted on a vertical pivot 95 on the cro ssirth 41 the tail of the abutment being norma ly held against a stop 96 by a spring 97, Fig. 11, the abutment thus being yieldmgly controlled and having a movement in a horizontal path against the action of its spring, said abutment being utilized to co-operate with one of a series of c arriage stops and determine the lateral position of the carriage. Said carriage consistsof two rigidly connected and substantially F Wit a connecting member 99, see Fig. 17, provided with guide rolls 100, which. travel upon the tie-rod or track 40, to vertically support the carriage, the upper ends of the si es being connected by a cross-p ece 101,

provided witha' roll 102, which bears against Y the tie-rod 39 when the carriage is in its nonstamping position, see Figs. 13 and-16. On the carriage I. mount the hour-marking member or wheel H, provided with peripheral printing type, equally disposed around the periphery and running from 1- to 12 inclu-j sive for the A. M.hours, and from 1 to 12 inclusivefor the P. M. hours, a ring-gear h and a centerin ratchet h being attached to the outer si eof the hour wheel to rotate there I i "With, the ringgear meshing with a pinion k 1 fast on a' short shaft h rotatably mounted on the carriage, and connected by suitable uni- .versal joints with the extension hereinbefore referred to, whereby the intermittent advance of the hour wheel is'effected. This construction is shown in Figs. 13 and 16.

The minute-marking member or wheel M, shown'in Fig. 12, is peripherally divided and provided with numbers-,preferably from 1 to I v 59 inclusive, and zero, and a ratchet m is connected with the minute wheel torotate there-' with, a bevel-gean-m fast on the minute.

wheel shaft meshing with a bevel. gear on on a short shaft-m mounted. in bearings on the;

carriage, said shaftin practiceibeing connected with the extension 18 Fig. 5, where'- by the minute wheel is driven continuously from the clock or time movement. I f

A pawl h Fig. 13, is arranged to coo er ate with the ratchet h, and'a secondpaw m is arranged to co-operate with the-ratchet in, by means of a link 103, Fig. 12, to center'the hour and minute marking wheels at the time the stamp is operated to markan impression onthecard. I

Inasmuch as the hour-and minute wheels and the means for controlling thesame form no part of this presentinvention, being fully described and claimed in my co-pending application hereinbefore referred to, further de- -scription of such parts will riot be made herei in, it sufficing to say that the link is depressed when the time stamp is moved to mark an impression.

At the lower end of the carriage I have roe tatably mounted a drum or follower 104, clearly shovni in Fig. 11, and on alarger sponding in number to the days oft e week,

shaped sides 98 provided at their lower ends "shaft 109, see

scale in Fig. 17,:the drum being provided wlitlil a series of radially-projecting and helica y or spirally arranged stops 105, there".

beingshown herein seven. of such sto s correincluding Sunday. 0 One end of the drum shaft 106 is extended through the side frame 98 ofthe carriage and has loosely mounted upon ita gear 107, in

mesh with a pinion 108 on the lower end of a particularly Figs. 13, 16 and 17, supported in fixed bearings 110, on the ear riage, the upper end of the shaft having a larger gear 111, fast upon it, and meshing with a pinion 112, fast on the shaft of the '.hour-mark1ng member or wheel H, said shaft also having fast thereon acam-disk 113, pro- I vided with a low-point or drop 114,-and opposite the. drop a guard portion'115 is mounted to rotate with thehour-marking member.

A follower roll 116 is mounted on an arm 117, fulcrumed at1118- on the carriage/and connected by a link 119-with a detent 120, fulcrumed at 121 on the carriage. "The follower 116 as it co operates with the periphery of the cam 113, operatesthrough the ntervening connections to'normally retain the detnt 120 in operative position,'Fig. 16, in

engagement with one of the teeth 121 of a let-off member 122, there being seven teeth on said membe'r,-,-the latter being loosely -mounted on the reduced outer end'of the drum-shaft'106, as shown in Fig. 17. Such let-off member-@howevenis normally connected to rotate with the drum by means of a pin 123, carried by a spring-finger 124, fast on a plate 125, mounted on the squared end 106 of the drum shaft, and held in place holes 127 circularly arranged and, into any thereon by a suitableheaded-stud 1 26. The I let-off member'is provided with a series of 105 one of which the pin 123 can be inserted. As the plate 125 rotates with the drum, itwill be manifest'that'the let-off member 122 will I i also rotate with the drum, when'the pin 123 is seated in one of the holes 127. By retracting the spring finger 124, the let-off member can be turned with relation to the" drum orvice versa-to permit a manual adjustment of the drum when nec'essarywith relation to the visual daily indicator to be hereinafter. re-

ferred-to.

The gear 107 is provided with a segmental slot 128, .see Fig. 18, .and one end of a bow spring 129 is fixedly attached to the face of t 1 e gear by 'astud 180, the other end of the spring bearing against a pin 131 fast on the let-ofl member, shown in section in Fig. 18,

and in dotted lines Figs. 16 and 17. The die 1 rection of rotation of the gear 107 is shown by the arrow in Fig. 18, and supposing that the detent is operative, preventing rotation of the let-oif member and drum, the gradual advance of the hour-marking wheel II will rotate the gear 107, the transmitting gearing thereby compressing the spring 129.

intermediate said hour wheel and gear being so proportioned thatfor one complete rota tion of the hourwheel the gear 107 will be moved through an angular space substantially equal to the length of the slot 128, When such compression of the spring has been efl'ected, the follower roll 116 drops into the lowrt 114 of the cam, being positively directed t ereinto by the guard 115, and the link 119 is moved downward to withdraw the detent 120, releasing the let-off member 122. The spring 129now expands, and in so doing turns t e let-off member and the drum one space,-

bringing the next stop 105 into operative position and'also presenting a new tooth of the let-off member to be engaged by the detent.

The release of the let off member and drum just described. is caused to be effected 'at midnight of each day, and when such release occurs the carriage will be retracted to an initial or starting position, as Wlll be explained, if the carriage has been previously the projection 89 0f the traveler 87, so that when the traveler is moved to the left, viewing Figs. 3 and 11, by the first operation of the actuating handle on any given day, the

projection 89- will. pick up the operatively stop positioned stop, and will move the carriage bodily to the left from its initial or starting position Fig. 11, the operatively positioned stop wiping over the abutment 94 and depressing it until the traveler has carried the 105: beyond the end of'such abutment. The spring ofthe latter thereupon operatively positions the abutment behind the stop on the drum, and as the traveler returns to its normal position, the abutment holds the carriage and the time stamp in proper position with relation to the card receiver or guide.

The total operative stroke of the traveler is longenough to bring any one of the carriage stops 105 into co-operation with the abutment, as has been described, and such step, and thereby releasin I then in co-operation with t e abutment, so

co-o oration will continue until 'at midnight of tie given day the. periodically-changing means operate,turning the drum 104 one the stopv 105,

that the carriage can be retracted to initial 'ative position.

position, and at the same time the next succeeding stop of the series is brought into oper- Each pin 105 of the series corresponds to one of the days of the week, and the lateral position of the carriage with. relation to the card receiver is governed by the particular stop which is in o )erative position at the time the traveler 1s operated. It will be manifest, however, that while the periodically-changing means described governs the position of the carriage, such means will be brought into -0 eration only by or through the first manua movement of the actuating device or handle following a periodic change.

If the carriage in its initial or starting position is not moved therefrom for one or more days, the step-by-step daily change or advance of the drum continues so long as ,the time movement remains in operation, so that the apparatus is in proper condition for operation, notwithstanding the intervention of Sundays and holidays on which the apparatus, under ordinary circumstances, would not be brought into operation. i

In order to retract the carriage to initial or starting position, a band or other flexible connection 132 is attached at one end to the carriage, and is brought round a guide-sheave 133 mounted on the .frame side 37, and then carried up and around a sheave 134 fast on a sleeve 135, see Fig. 9, rotatably mounted on an elongated stud 136, rigidly held in a bracket 137 onthe side frame parallel to the path of movement of the carriage.

The sleeve 135 has secured to it one end of a sprin 138, coiled around the stud, and secured t ereto at its other endby a block 139,

Fig. 9, while the hollow drum or cylinder 1.40

is rigidly attached to the sleeve as by a set screw 141. A curved shield 142 is mounted on the bracket 137, and partly surrounds the drum, the shield having a sight 0 ening 144, see Fig.3, through which may e seen the names of the days'of the week which are displayed 11 on the outer surface of the cylinder 140,'an'd y referenceto Fig. 1, it will be seen that the sight opening 4 in the casing'comes opppsite the shield opening 144.

hen the carriage is moved from its initial or starting position as has been described, the flexible connection 132 ,is moved in the direction of the arrow 145, .Fig. 8, to turn the cylinder 140, and wind up or compress the spring 138, the rotation of the cylinder corresponding to the distance laterally through which the carriage is moved.

The day indications on the cylinder are so spaced that when any one of the carriage .stops is brought into co-operation with the abutment 94, the corresponding day of the week'will be visible through the sight openings, so that a visual indicator .is thus provided to indicate to the operator whether the carriage is properly'set for theday of the When the abutment and co-operating carriage stop are released ordisengaged, the spring 138 expands and turns in a reverse direction the cylinder 140, winding up to a certain extent the connection 132 on the 'loosely a hole in the link 75.

a short lever 76 and lin sheave 134, and thereby retracting the car- .riage to starting position against the stop 42 hereinbefore referred to. This mechanism just described therefore constitutes 'a retracting device or means for the carriage, and includes a visual indicator to indicate the lateral position of the carriage with relation to the card receiver. l

It will be remembered that when the actuating handle is moved in its selective path, the detent 61 is arranged to co-operate with one of the series of teeth 60 on the plate or support 54 for the handle, and as the detent Would ordinarily'engage the uppermost one of such teeth at the close of a days work,I have devised means to cause the detent to release the handle support automatically when the carriage is returned to starting position at thetime of periodic change. To this end, a lever. 146, see Fig. 11, is pivoted on the frame side at 147, the rearward, longer arm of the lever lying in the path of some portion of the carriage, while the front shorter lever arm is reduced at 148 to enter The spring 80 normally tends to draw said link to the right, Fig. 3, and to maintain the detent operative, and the rear arm of the lever 146. is thereby swung inward from the side of the main frame.

' When the carriage is released, as has been described, and is retracted to starting position, it hits the lever 146, and swings it to move the. link 75 to the left. This operates to move the positioning device 73 into the position shown in Fi 3, and throu h the 78 to retract the detent 61 from the toothed portion of the handle support, releasing the latter and permitting the spring 64 to return said support and handle to normal position, shown in 1g. 3.

When the carriageis moved from initial position by the traveler, the spr-in 80 again assumes control of the link 75 and t e detent.

The slot-andpin connection 79 between the detent and the link 78 permits the clicking movement ofthe detent over the teeth when the actuating handle is advanced.

By the automatic release of the actuating handle, which in practice occurs at midnight, the said handle is in proper position for the first employee who comes in on the following morning to operate the apparatus.

I will now describe the means for causin the time stamp to mark or stamp a record on a card in the receiver.

An operating rockshaft 149, shown as broken out in Fig. 11, is mounted in suitable hearings on the frame-sides 36, 37, said shaft having fast upon it two rocker arms 150, 151, see Figs. 13, 14 and 15, the arm 150 forming one member of a toggle, the other member 152 being ivoted at its lower end, at 153, to what ave termed a bell-crank 154 fulcrumed at 155 on the base plate of the main frame. Said bell-crank has a curved face 156 concentric with the fulcrum, and at the rear end of the face the bel l zcrank is cut away to present a shoulder 157. A tog le actuator 158 is fulcrumed coaxially with the bell-crank and has pivotally attached to it one end of a link 159 extended forward and connected at 160, Fig. 11, with the depending end of the actuating handle 57 V'Vhen the parts are in normal position, is in Fig.'15, the roll 102 of the carriage rests against the tie-rod 39, and the toggle 15C, 152, the bell-crank and the actuator are in the position shown. At its upper end the toggle actuator has pivoted to it at 161. a coupler 162 herein shown as triangular and provided with a follower 163 adapted to cooperate with a stationary detent 164 mounted on a bracket 165 secured to the base plate. A spring 166 tends to turn the coupler into the position shown in Fig. 15, when the parts are in normal condition, bringing the base of the coupler into position behind and to on gage the shoulder 157 of the bell-crank, and at such time the follower 163 is under the detent 164. The pin 167 to which the spring is attached at such time serves as a stop to limit turning movement of the coupler, said pin resting against the rear edge of the toggle actuator 158. If now the actuating handleis moved along the slot 7, Fig. 4-, to the selected point, and is then given a transverse movement along one of the slots 8, the link 159 will swing the toggle actuator forward, viewing Fig. 15, bringing the cou ler up against the bell-crank, and swinging tlie latter in unison with the toggle actuator 158, the follower 163 traveling under thedetent 164, and being prevented by the latter from turning on its QWII pivot. As the bell-crank is rocked, the

' toggle 150, 152 operates to rock the shaft 149 inv the direction of the arrow, Fig. 15, until the parts are in substantially the position shown in Fig. 13, wherein the follower 163 is just about to leave the upper forward end of the detent. p

A heavy spring 168 attached to an arm 169 on the rock-shaft acts against such turning movement of the shaft, which latter is made effective to swing the carriage forward to bring the hour and minute members of the time stamp into printing position, and also to operate a platen to be referred to, to mark the impression on a card.

The impression is made just before the actuating handle 57 completes its secondary movement in one of the slots 8, and as such movement is completed, the follower 163 passes beyond the fixed detent 164, and thereupon the coupler turns on its pivot and rides up onto the curved face 156 of the bellcrank, releasing or uncoupling the latter from the toggle actuator. The spring 168 immcdiately operates to turn back the shaft 149 and cause the toggle and the bell-crank, to

nected by depending resume the osition shown in Fig. 15. As soon as the iandle is released, it swings forward by its own weight toward the front of the casing, and the toggle actuator is returned to normal position, the follower new traveling over the top of the fixed detent until it drops off the lower end thereof, and the spring 166 then re-positions the coupler in readiness for the next stamping o eration.

Parallel bent levers 170 are fu crumed on the frame sides, and are connected by a crossrod 171, Fig. 13, and these levers are conlinks 172 with rocking arms 17 3, see Fig. 11, fast on the rock-shaft 149, the connecting rod 171 being adapted to engage the cross-piece 101 on the upper end of the carriage frame. i/Vhen the rock-shaft 149 is turned as has been described, by or through the secondary movement of the actuating handle, the links 172 are drawn downward, rocking the bent levers 170, and swinging forward the cross-rod 171, to there by swing the carriage forward on its guideway or track as a time stamp into printing position, and of course as soon as the shaft 149 is released and returns to its normal position, the cross-rod 171 swings back and the carriage follows it until the roll 102 re-engages the tie-rod 39. As the cross-rod-171 extends from one to the other side of the frame, it will properly cooperate with the carriage at any point in the transverse movement of the latter.

The front and rear walls of the card receiver are cut away opposite the printing point, and a platen 174 is movable in and out of the opening in the front wall, said platen sliding horizontally in guides 175 on the bridge 38, see Fig. 3, and it is connected by short links 176 with upturned ears 177 on a sleeve 178 adapted to rock on a rod or shaft 179 suitably supported on the bridge.

The sleeve is shown in Fig. 13 as having an attached rearwardly'extended arm 180 connected by a compound link 181, 182, with a bell-crank 183 fulcrumed on the base plate, the two members of the link being connected by a pin 184 on one member entering a slot 185 in the other member, a bow spring 186 tending to maintain the link-members longitudinally extended, one end of the spring being fixed on the link-member 182, and its other member bearing against the pin 184. The bell-crank 183 is pivoted to one end of a link 187 extended rearwardly and pivoted to a segment 188 fulcrumed at 189 on the baseplate, and at its front, upper corner connected by a link 190 with the rocker arm 151 of the shaft 149. When the latter is rocked in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 15, the link 190 swings the segment 188, and through the connecting link 187, the bell-crank 183 is rocked to draw down the compound link 181, 182, to thereby turn the sleeve 178 and press the platen inward against the back of the fulcrum, bringing the card, forcing the latter against the printing or marking wheels of the time stamp just at the instant that the latter are moved forward and reach full printing position.

\Vhen the rock-shaft 149 is released and returns to normal position, the intervening connections just described retract the platen, so that the card can be readily withdrawn from the card-receiver.

The bow-spring 186 acts as a coupling for the platen, in case the platen should be stopped before the rock-shaft 149 has completed its turning movement, for then the bow spring will be compressed, as the bellcrank 183 continues to rock while the platen remains stationary.

Any suitable inking means may be employed to ink the marking wheels of the time stamp and herein I prefer to use an ink-ribbon supported between the card receiver and the marking wheels, and preferably the ends of the ribbon will be wound upon upright spools, one of which is shown as 191, Fig. 8.

The spools may be rotated in any suitable manner, involving no part of this invention,

to traverse the ribbon longitudinally, and they may also be made to change their position vertically to effect an up-anddown shift of the-ribbon, if desired, substantially as'pro vided in my eo-pending application.

So far as my present invention is concerned, however, the inking device may be of any suitable character, and so too, the marking members or wheels of the time stamp and the mechanism to operate the same may be of any suitable form, and not at all restricted to what I have herein shown and briefly described.

\Vhile the general operation of the apparatus has been explained from time to time herein, a brief statement of the complete operation will be given, and it will be supposed that the periodic change of the means governing the time stamp carriage has taken place. The carriage therefore will be in its initial or starting position, and when the first. workman arrives the following morning to register his time, he places his card in the card receiver, grasps the actuating handle 57, and moves it along its main path, in the slot 7 of the casing, until opposite the transverse slot indicating Morning in, thereby positioning his card vertically in the card receiver. The proper point in the selective path of movement of the actuating handle has thus been reached, and in making such movement, the toothed portion of the handle-support has been brought into engagement with the co-operating detent, and at the same time, the segment 65 has been coupled to and moved with the handle support to act through the means described and properly position the carriage for that particular day. This is all effected automatically by or through the simple selective movement is returned to starting position, the detent 61 being automatically released thereby, and at of the actuating handle, and thereafter the said handle is moved in the proper slot 8 to cause the time stamp to stamp the'card in the manner hereinbefore described.

The release of the handle from the means which effect the printing or stamping movement of the carriage and platen-is instantly noticeable to the employee, and in practice a bell is frequently employed to be rung at the instant the impression on the card is made.

Having made the impression the handle is released, it swings back into its selective path, but remaining opposite the transverse slot 8 just used, and the card properly stamped is taken out, and the apparatus is ready for the next employee. The first selective movement of the actuating handle also causes the uncoupling of the segment 65, and the handle, and the positioning device 73 is moved up into position against the end 71 of the segment. Thereafter any number of employees may operate the apparatus, but without again coupling the handle and segment for that day.

At 12 oclock midnight of that particular day, the periodic change takes place, the carriage is released by moving one of its stops from engagement with the abutment 94, the latter being stationary or fixed relatively to the movement of the carriage, and the latter the same time, the positioning device 73 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 3, so that the coupling member is positioned to couple the handle and segment together at the first operation the next morning.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, as the same may be changed or modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide, an actuating device ,for causing the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, a movable stop to co operate with and varythe position of a card in the receiver to thereby vary the position of the card relatively to the stamp, said stop being positioned by operation of the actuating device, and periodically changing means to govern the relative position of the stamp and card receiver.

2. In a time recorder, the combination ,with a time stamp, of a card receiver or guide,

a movable stop to co-operate with a card inserted therein and position such card relatively to the time stamp, a manually operated actuator to move the stop at will to any desired operating position and also to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, and

tively to the time stamp,

periodically changing means to govern the relative position of the stamp and card receiver.

3. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to co-operate with and position a card, inserted in said receiver, relatively to the time stamp, and an actuator having a selective movement to determine the position of the stop and having another,

movement to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver. I

4. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to co-operate with and position a card, inserted in said receiver, relaand a manually operated a ctuator having a selective movement in one path to determine the position of the stop and having another movement at diiierent points in such path to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver.

5. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to co-operate with and position a card, inserted in said receiver, relatively to the time stamp, an actuator having a selective movement in an angular path to determine the position of the stop and having a movement at right angles to such angular path at predetermined points thereon to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, and periodically changing means to govern the relative position of the stamp and card receiver.

6. The combination with a time stamp, and a card receiver or guide, of a movable stop to cooperate with and vary the position of a card in the receiver relatively to the stamp, means to position the stop at the will of the operator and to cause the stamp to mark the card when positioned, periodically changin means to govern the relative position of the stamp and card receiver, and connections between said means and the stoppositioning means to render the former operative, after a periodic change, by or through the first subsequent operation of the latter means.

7. The combination with a time stamp, and a card receiver or guide, of a movable stop to co-o erate with and vary the position of'a carrlhn the receiver relatively to the stamp, an actuating device toposition the stop and also to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, periodically changing means to govern the'relatlve position of the iio time stamp and card receiver, and means intermediate said actuating device and said governing means to render the latter operative by the first operation only of the actuating device after a periodic change.

8. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a card receiver or guide, a movable stop to position a card in- .ment determining the position of the stop and the latter movement causing the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, and a detent to retain the actuator'at any one of such pre determined therefrom. a

9. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp, of a card receiver or guide, a movable stop to position a card inserted therein relatively to the stamp, an actuator manually movable to any one of a plurality of points in a single path, to position the stop, a detent to retain the actuator at a selected point until positively moved therefrom, the actuator having a different movement from a selected point to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, and means to automatically render the detent inoperative at predetermined intervals of time.

10. The combination with a manuallyactuated time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to vary the posi tion of "a card in said receiver relatively to the time stamp, means to effect the movement of the stop at will to any desired posi tion and to actuate the stamp when the stop is positioned, and means to govern the relative position of the stamp and receiver, said means being changed automatically at predetermined intervals and rendered operative by initial movement only of the stop-positioning means after a change.

11. The combination with a time stamp, and a fixed card receiver or guide, of a movable stop to co-operate with the receiver and vary the position of a card therein relatively to the time stamp, means to change the position of the stop at will, and automatic pepoints until positively moved riodically changing means to govern the relative position of the stamp and receiver, brought into operation by the stopposition ing means.

12. The combination with a time stamp, and a fixed card receiver or guide, of a movable stop to co-operate with the receiver and vary the position of a card therein relatively to the time stamp, means to change the position of the stop at will, a detent to retain said means and the stop in a given position until positively moved therefrom, periodically changing means, brought into operation by the stop-positioning means, to govern the relative position of the stamp and card receiver, and a device to render inoperative the detent upon each of such periodic changes.

13. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp and operating means therefor, of a card guide or receiver relatively to which the time stamp is adjustable in one direction, a card-engaging stop manually movable to any desired point relatively to the stamp in another direction, and periodically changing means to govern the-adjustment of the time stamp with relation to the card receiver.

14. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp and operating means therefor, of a card guide or receiver relatively to which the time stamp is adjustable in one direction,a stop movable at the will of the operator to position a card at any desired point in the receiver relatively to the time stamp, means to govern the adjustment of the latter relatively to the card receiver,,and time mechanism to effect periodic changes in said means.

15. In a time recorder, the combination with a time stamp and operating means there for, of a card guide or receiver relatively to which the time stamp is adjustable in one direction, a stop movable at the will of the operator to position a card at any desired point in the receiver relatively to the time stamp, periodically-changing means to gov cm the adjustment of the stamp relatively to the receiver, a time mechanism to effect such changes, and stop-positioning means to render operative the said governing means.

16. In a time recorder, the.combination with a card receiver or guide and a stop to limit movement of a card therein relatively to the time stamp, of a time stamp, a time movement controlling it, an actuating device to position the stop .and also to cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, means,

including a member periodically changed by said time movement, to governthe relative position of the stamp and cardreceiver, and connect-ions between said. means and the actuating device to bring the former into operation upon the first actuation of the latter after a periodic change.

17. In a time recorder, the combination with a card receiver or guide, and a stop to limit movement of a card therein relatively to the time stamp, of a time stamp, movable laterally of the card receiver, a manually-operated actuator having different movements to position the stop and cause the stamp to mark a card in the receiver, a time move ment controlling the stamp, means movable laterally with the latter, and including a member intermittingly changed by the time movement, to govern the position of the stamp with relation to the card receiver, and mechanism operated by the first movement only of the actuator after a change in said member of the governing means to bring the latter into operation.

18. In a time recorder, in combination, a

= fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to engage a card therein and position it relatively to the time stamp, an actuator for said stop, a time stamp, a carriage on which it is mounted, movable laterally of the card receiver, an abutment, a series of stops bodily movable with the carriage and adapted to co-operate singly with said abutment, to thereby position the time stamp with rela tion to the card receiver, automatic means to bring one after another of said stops into operative position at predetermined intervals, and mechanism to move the carriage laterally to effect co-operation between said abutment and the operatively-positioned stop of the series upon the first movement of the actuator after automatic positioning of such sto 1%. In a time recorder, in combination, a fixed card receiver or guide, a movable stop to engage a card therein and position it relatively to the time stamp, an actuator for said stop, a time stamp, a carriage on which it is mounted, movable laterally of the card receiver, an abutment, a spirally-arranged series of stops bodily movable with the carriage, to co-operate singly with the abutment and position the time stamp relatively to the card receiver, automatic means to bring one after another of the stops into operative position at predetermined intervals of time, a retracting device for the carriage, and mechanism to move the carriage laterally to effect co-operation between said abutment and the operatively-positioned stop of the series upon the first movement of the actuator after automatic positioning of such stop, each automatic change in the position of the stops disengaging the then co-operating stop and the abutment and permitting the retracting device to return the carriage to inactive position.

20. The combination with a time stamp, of an upright, fixed card receiver or guide, manually controlled means to at will vary the effective depth thereof, said means including a vertically movable stop to form a bottom for the receiver, and periodically changing means to govern the lateral position of the time stamp with relation to said receiver, said means being brought into opera tion manually.

21. The combination with a laterally movable time stamp, of a fixed card receiver or guide adjacent thereto and having an upright opening therein, a stop movable in such opening to support and determine the position of a card in the receiver relatively to the time stamp, an actuator operatively connected with and to move the stop at will, means, including a periodically changing device, to govern the lateral position of the time stamp, and mechanism operated by initial movement of said actuator after a periodic change to. bring said governin means into operation, whereby the latera position of the time stamp is determined until the next periodic change.

22. The combination, with a time stamp, and a laterally movable carriage on which it is mounted, of an adjacent upright card receiver having a stamping opening, a vertically movable stop to sustam a card in the receiver, whereby different portions of the card will be presented at the stamping opening, a manually operated actuator to effect movement of the stop and also to cause the stamp to mark the card, a rotatable drum or carrier mounted on the carriage and provided with a series of radial, helically arranged stops, a stationary spring-abutment to engage any one of such stops and thereby hold the carriage and time stamp in a definite position with relation to the card receiver, a time movement to automatically and intermittingly efiect rotation of the drum or carrier to bring one after another of said stops, beginning with the innermost, into position to co-operate with the abutment, a device to retract the carriage whenever a stop is moved out of the path of the abutment, and mechanism automatically operative upon the initial movement of the actuator a ter retraction of the carriage, to move said carriage and effect co-operation between the abutment and the stop of the series then in operative position,

23. In a time recorder, in combination, a time movement, a time impressing or stamping instrumentality driven thereby, a movable carriage on which said instrumentality is mounted, a retracting device for the carriage, a series of carriage stops controlled by the time movement and movable one by one into operative position at predetermined intervals' of time, a relatively stationary abutment to co-operate with an operatively positioned stop and therebyretam the carriage in a given position until such time interval terminates, a manually operated actuator, and mechanism acting upon the first movement of said actuator in one of the time intervals to move the carriage against its retracting device and effect co-operation between the abutment and the operatively positioned carriage stop.

24. In a time recorder, in combination, a card receiver, manually operated means to vertically position a card therein, a time stamp, a time movement by which the stamp is driven, a carriage on which the stamp is mounted, movable horizontally adjacent said receiver, a stationary abutment, a series of stops on the carriage, to co-operate individually with the abutment and thereby fiX the position of the time stamp relatively to a card in the receiver, mechanism controlled by the time movement to bring the stops singly into operative position, a retracting device for the carriage, and a manually actuated traveler to engage the operatively positioned stop and move the carriage from starting position and bring such stop into eo-operation with the abutment.

time stamp, means to at will change the vertical )osition of a card. relatively thereto, where y successive records tor a given day will lie in. a vertical column on the card, a

horizontally movable carriage on which the stamp is mounted, means operated upon the first vertical positioning of a card the beginning of each day to properly posit on the stamp and card laterally, said means including an automatic daily change mechanism to govern the positioning oi the carriage and time stamp, and a visual indicator to'show the daily change.

26. The combination with an upright card receiver, a manually-actuated, vertically movable stop to co-operate with a card therein and determine its vertical position relative to the time stamp, and such time stamp, of a laterally movable carriage adj acent the receiver, a relatively fixed abutment, a horizontal, rotatable drum on the carriage provided with a series of helically disposed stops, to successively co-operate with the abutment and thereby position the carriage at gradually increasing distances from its starting point, means to rotate the drum step by step at predetermined intervals of time, to bring one stop after another int-o operative position and. to disengage the next preceding stop from the abutment, releas ng the carriage, a spring-actuated retracting device to return the released carriage to starting position, and manually actuated means to move the carriage from such posi tion after an advance of the drum and thereby to eflec't cooperation between the abutment and the operatively positioned stop.

27'. The combination, with a card receiver, of a time stamp, a carriage therefor movable laterally of the card receiver and adjacent thereto, a relatively fixed abutment, a series of stops on the carriage to successively co-operate with the. abutment when the carriage is at gradually increased distances from its starting point, means to move said series of stops automatically at midnight of each day, to release one stop from the abutment and bring the next stop into operative position, a device to return the carriage to its starting point when so released, and mechanism, including a manually operated actuator and a sliding traveler having a fixed stroke, to move the carriage from its starting position after a change of stops and bring the newly positioned stop into co-operation with the abutment.

28. The combination, with a card receiver, of a time stamp, a carriage therefor movable laterally of the card receiver and adjacent thereto, a relatively fixed abutment, a series of stops on thecarriage to successively co-op-. erate with the abutment when the carriage is at gradually increased distances from its starting point, means to move said series of stops automatically at midnight of each day,

to release one stop from the abutment and bring the next stop into operative position, a device to return the carriage to its starting point when so released, mechanism, includ-' mg a manually operated actuator and a sliding traveler having a fixed stroke, to move the carriage from its starting point after a change of stops and bring the newly positioned stop into co-operation with the abutment, and an automatic trip to disconnect said traveler and actuator after the first op eration of the latter to set the carriage.

29. The combination, with a card receiver, of a time stamp, a carriage therefor movable laterally of the card receiver and adjacent thereto, a relatively fixed abutment, a series of stops 011 the carriage to successively co-op- 'erate'with the abutment when the carriage is at gradually increased distances from its starting point, means to move said series of stops automatically at midnight of each day, to release one stop from theabutment and bring the next step into operative position, a device to return the carriage to its starting point when so released, mechanism, including a manually operated actuator and a slid ing traveler having a fixed stroke, to move the carriage from its starting point-after a change of stops and bring the newly positioned stop into co operation with the abutment, a trip to automatically disconnect the traveler and actuator after the first operation of the latter to set the carriage, and means to operatively connect the traveler and actuator upon the return of the carriage to its starting point.

30. In a time recorder, an upright, fixed card receiver, a manually controlled stop cooperating therewith to vary its effective depth, an angularly movable actuator to operate the stop and also to cause the time stamp to mark a card in the receiver, a time stamp, including hour and minute markingmembers, a time movement to drive the minute member continuously and to effect advance of the hour member at the end of each hour, a carriage movable laterally of the card receiver and on which the time stamp is mounted, a relatively fixed, yielding abutment, a horizontal, rotatable drum on the carriage provided with a series of helically arranged stops to co-operate one after another with the abutment, to hold the carriage in a given position, a device to return automatically the carriage to starting position when released, a spring to turn the drum, wound up by or through rotation of the hour marking member, a let-0H member rotatable with said drum, a detent normally co-operating with said member and releasing the same at intervals of twenty-four hours, to permit the spring to turn the drum one step, releasing the carriage and bringing another step into operative position, and means to move 

